CVE-2019-16521

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2019-16521
The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers Product Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9917 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers Product Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9917 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:managewp:broken_link_checker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 04:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers - Product, Third Party Advisory () https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers - Product, Third Party Advisory
References () https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9917 - Third Party Advisory () https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9917 - Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2019-10-16 15:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:30

NVD link : CVE-2019-16521

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16521

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-16521

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Products Affected

managewp

  • broken_link_checker
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')